Which to use
“apportée” and “apportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,317
- “apportée” frequency rank
- #8,067
- “apportent” frequency rank
- 21384
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apportée | apportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe apporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. |
Where the eye mixes apportée and apportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. apportée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against apportent's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between apportée and apportent
A purely visual mix-up. apportée (\a.pɔʁ.te\) and apportent (\a.pɔʁt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apportée is recorded at frequency rank #13,317, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.te\. apportent is at rank #8,067, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21384, this pair ranks #363,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apportée vs apportent
Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "apportée": é. Private to "apportent": n.
"apportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "apportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apportent ← apoprtent · aportent · apporetnt · apporrtent · apportennt · apportentt · apportetn · apportnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "apportée" and "apportent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "apportée" vs "apportent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "apportée" and "apportent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apportée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apportée" and "apportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportée vs apposée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #363,432 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.